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This one doesn't carry language about a "limited time" offer. It had been $239 for awhile after the price was lowered from $299 for the resuscitated e-Ink giant, and for a few days it was $189 before going back to $239 on Oct 15. $199 seems to be the new price rather than a temporary deal.

This 9.7" e-Ink Kindle eReader, with more text on a 'page' and larger fonts that look as if they are etched onto the screen, made a re-appearance on Amazon's e-Ink family header in May 2013, at $299 (formerly $379 when new).

You can see detailed information on what this device is like in the blog article from May 31 about the larger e-Ink eReader many have hoped would remain available.

Alert: The current e-Ink family header with the discounted DXG price has an oddity on it, still: The 3G Kindle Paperwhite picture is linking to the previous Paperwhite 3G model at $179 rather than to the current and "New" 3G Paperwhite 2 3G model that is $189.
If you click on the header link to the previous 3G model, note that the newer one will be back in stock in about 2 weeks.

NOTE: While the newer 6" touch-based e-Ink eReaders with 3G cellular network capability have 3G access to just the Amazon store and (few know this) 24/7 free access to Wikipedia from almost wherever you are as long as a cellular AT&T tower is nearby, the older keyboard (non-Touch) e-Ink eReaders work (with no-added-cost) for slow, 3G web browsing whereever an AT&T smart phone would.

The 9.7" Kindle's 3G is the connecting mechanism for this device with a keyboard -- there is no WiFi capability on this model. Amazon still gives, on this device, slow but free 24/7 access to all websites that offer mainly text content with few images.

An image-heavy site should be avoided because all the images would not load in your lifetime, so you'd use the 'm' or mobile version of a website, which normally sends fewer images and focuses on text.

Many find this slow 3g-web-lookup useful on trips abroad, where very expensive 'roaming' charges would apply, to check email, text-based news, or to get driving directions from one place to another.

To check what countries' residents can use the 3G web-browsing feature for the e-Ink Kindle DX eReader, see the web Countries page in connection with e-Ink keyboard models with 3G.

This larger eReader can be shipped to customers outside the U.S. also.

Amazon launches a Kindlestore in Australia. Australians wondering whether to make the switch (from the U.S. store) should read these articles:

Amazon partners with the U.S. Post Office for Sunday delivery in two cities Starting this weekend with the metropolitan areas of Los Angeles and New York City, Amazon will offer Sunday delivery via the U.S. Postal Service and the company plans to expand the service in 2014, with Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, and Phoenix mentioned so far.

There'll be no extra charge for Sunday delivery, which will be for both Prime shipping members (free 2-day delivery of most Amazon-sold products) and non-Prime members, who can get free 5-8 day delivery on orders of at least $35 (up'd from $25 recently).

An interesting factoid from the USA Today article: "...the USPS is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation – 152 million homes, businesses and post office boxes.

I received my Kindle HDX 8.9" tablet with 64 GB storage and have been making notes while enjoying it even more than I'd expected and am doing a follow-up report on the HDX line and its reception and features that have been given a lot of press recently.

It should be done by Thursday night, but I've been experimenting with a lot of the features and changes that show Amazon was listening to its customer base.

(Older posts have older Kindle model info. For latest models, see CURRENT KINDLES page. )
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